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Routine briefings adopted by 25 top organs

Xinhua, May 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

A routine press briefing system has been adopted by 25 departments of the State Council, China's cabinet.

According to a statement from the State Council Information Office (SCIO), a total of 87 press briefings were held in 2014, a record number since state organs and local governments introduced the practice in 2003, when the nation was dealing with the outbreak of deadly SARS virus.

The increase followed a 2013 document that proposed efforts to disclose government information should be intensified to enhance the government's credibility.

The mechanism of press briefings, which is one of the important ways to publicize information, was given a further boost when after routine briefings on government policies was initiated by the General Office of the State Council and the SCIO in January.

In total 26 ministers and vice ministers from 22 departments of the State Council have briefed journalists from home and abroad and taken questions.

Jiang Jianguo, SCIO director, called on more ministers to take to the floor and actively respond to the concerns of the public and those of both domestic and foreign media, when presiding over a work conference on information disclosure on Thursday. Endi